Water pressure conveyance dynamic ornament

ABSTRACT

The present invention particularly uses directional continuous flowing pressure shocks to drive a freely disposed rolling cylinder, thereby providing an ornament with dynamic pictorial images, which mainly consists of a fixed cylindrical body of circular cross-section provided with refractive effectiveness, the surface of which is provided with scenic patterns. The lower end of the cylindrical body is joined to a base thereby sealing the cylindrical body. A water pressure driven rotating drive device is installed in the base, the output of which is primarily outputted to affect a liquid at the inner bottom of the cylindrical body, whereupon pressure is divided to produce an upward resultant precession force, which radially drives the rolling cylinder freely disposed in the interior of the cylindrical body. The surface of the rolling body is provided with decorative patterns, and the radial relative motion produced achieves a dynamic pictorial image, decorative design effect.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(a) Field of the Invention

The present invention provides an ornament that uses continuous waterflowing rotating pressure waves to drive a rolling cylinder, therebycausing dynamic drifting of decorative patterns thereon to achieve avisual dynamic aesthetic effect.

(b) Description of the Prior Art

In order to provide our living environment with an increased sense ofvisual aesthetics, ornaments provided with visual dynamic aesthetics areoften added to our living space.

Ornaments 13 drifting in water (as depicted in FIGS. 1, 2) are commonlyseen in simple dynamic ornaments, in which a dynamic ornament 1primarily comprises a container 11, the bottom portion of which issealed by a base 2. The ornaments 13 with specific gravity equal to orclose to equaling that of a liquid 10 are placed in the liquid 10, andthe liquid 10 is affected by heat from a heating element 12 fitted tothe bottom portion or the action of a water pressure drive device 3 tocause dynamic flow of the liquid 10. In which heat waves produced by theheating element 12 are transmitted to the liquid 10 to produce a thermalcurrent effect, causing current flow in the liquid 10, whereupon thiscurrent flow is used to drive and displace the ornaments 13. Moreover,the thermal current flow further produces an effect similar to aturbulent flow, thereby causing even more angular variations in thepositions of the ornaments 13.

Referring to FIG. 2, which uses blades 31 fitted to the water pressuredrive device 3 to cause agitation of the liquid 10 inside the container11, thereby producing pressure flow lines. The pressure flow lines exertforces on the ornaments 13, thereby causing the ornaments 13 to makecirculating movements in the interior of the container 11. However,because the front and rear ends of the ornaments 13 are different, andbecause the pressure waves along the flow lines formed by agitation fromthe blades 31 affect all points on the surfaces of the ornaments 13,thus, the drifting directions of the ornaments 13 are not fixed, and theaesthetic lifelike simulation effect is lost.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A primary objective of the present invention is to provide an ornamentcomprising decorative patterns which produce a dynamic visual aestheticeffect able to imitate the directional drifting of the living behaviorof animals. The ornament has a simple structural design, and uses afixed circular cylindrical body having refractive ability, the exteriorsurface of which is provided with scenic patterns, and the interiorallows a rolling cylinder to be freely disposed therein. The diameterand height of the rolling cylinder is less than that of the cylindricalbody, and the surface of the rolling cylinder is provided withdecorative patterns. An internal electromechanical working operation atthe base of the rolling cylinder affects a resultant precession forcewhich produces relative motion between points of the two correspondingsurfaces of the rolling cylinder and the cylindrical body, therebyachieving a dynamic visual pattern effect.

Another objective of the present invention is to install illuminatingLEDs (light-emitting diodes) to the base of the cylindrical body facingthe internal space thereof, thereby enabling producing changes in lightwithin the cylindrical body.

A third objective of the present invention is to install a modulationcircuit within the electromechanical operating system to enable changingthe power output thereof, and further enable producing variations inpulse of the power to enable the resultant precession forces formed bythe power pulses to produce different energies, thereby changing theshifting speed or behaviour of the patterns.

To enable a further understanding of said objectives and thetechnological methods of the invention herein, a brief description ofthe drawings is provided below followed by a detailed description of thepreferred embodiments.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a dynamic ornament of the prior art.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view depicting a water flow driven ornament of theprior art.

FIG. 3 is an external appearance of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cutaway schematic view depicting production of forcecomponents according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an instructional diagram depicting the principal flow rateaccording to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view depicting transformation of force componentsaccording to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view depicting resultant forces affecting therolling cylinder according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an elevational view depicting resultant forces affecting therolling cylinder according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The present invention primarily provides a continuous water pressuredriven free rolling cylinder, which enables producing a dynamicpictorial image ornament, primarily comprising a cylindrical body thatis fixed and which is provided with refractive effectiveness. The lowerend is sealed by means of a base, and the interior of the cylindricalbody enables an entire rolling cylinder of even mass to be freelydropped and disposed therein. The rolling cylinder is affected by awater pressure drive device installed in the interior of the base anddriven by pressure obtained from water fluid. There is a non-couplingrelationship between the drive device and the rolling cylinder, thestructure is simple, and the structural configuration enables easyreplacement of different patterned rolling cylinders; moreover,direction of the dynamic patterns can be maintained.

The aforementioned cylindrical body and rolling cylinder are ofidentical form, and the cylindrical body or external form of the freecylindrical body can at the minimum be straight tubular shaped, or drumshaped or waist drum-shaped.

Regarding the detailed structure and operational principle of thepresent invention, please refer to the drawings. The following gives adetailed description thereof:

Referring first to FIG. 3, which depicts the basic configuration of thepresent invention, and primarily uses a cylindrical body 4 of circularcross-section and provided with refracting power; the lower end of thecylindrical body 4 is joined to an interface opening 21 of a base 2. Theinterface opening 21 seals the cylindrical body 4, thereby enabling theinterior of the cylindrical body 4 to be filled with liquid 10. Theexternal surface of the cylindrical body 4 can be provided with scenicpatterns 41 such as water plants or ocean-bottom plant ecology. Arolling cylinder 5 having a circular cross-section and diameter smallerthan that of the cylindrical body 4 is movable disposed within theinterior of the cylindrical body 4 by allowing it to freely settletherein. The specific gravity of the rolling cylinder 5 can be equal to,slightly greater or slightly less than that of the liquid 10.

The interior of the base 2 is fitted with an electromechanical device,which drives and causes the liquid 10 to produce an upward resultantprecession force F. Pressure waves from the resultant precession force Ffunction together with the surface of the rolling cylinder 5 to cause aviscous effect with the liquid 10, thereby rotatingly driving therolling cylinder 5 to form radial directional rotation thereof. Thesurface of the rolling cylinder 5 is provided with decorative patterns51, and the relative motion produced between the decorative patterns 51and the scenic patterns 41 achieves a dynamic simulated, embellishedtransfiguration effect. Essentially, the rolling cylinder 5 is a freelydisposed object, which does not need the connective support of any othercomponent member, and is driven by being subjected to the momentum ofliquid to achieve a rotating effect thereof. Production of the presentinvention is extremely simple; moreover, the decorative patterns 51 canbe fashioned to resemble fish, with the drifting direction thereof beingmaintained. Furthermore, the present invention enables easy replacementwith different patterned rolling cylinders 5.

Referring to FIGS. 4-6, which show a dynamic ornament 1 of the presentinvention primarily comprising the cylindrical body 4, the upper end ofwhich is covered and sealed by a sealing cover 40, and the bottomportion is joined to the base 2. The interior of the base 2 is fittedwith an electromechanical drive device 3, and the output power of thedrive device 3 is evenly dispersed to affect any plane angle position ofthe inner bottom of the cylindrical body 4 to form a resultant forcethat drives and rotates the rolling cylinder 5.

The operating mode that drives the liquid of the present inventionprimarily uses the power outputted by blades 31 fitted to the waterpressure drive device 3 to evenly affect the inner bottom of thecylindrical body 4, at which time a working pressure is produced thatfunctions according to the orientation within a cavity 32 to cause acompensatory negative pressure at liquid drawing openings 321 of thecavity 32, whereupon pressure output is released through pressure outletopenings 322. Regarding the direction of pressure release, please referto FIG. 5, a principal flow rate C is produced according to the pressuredirection angle of the blades 31, and the momentum of the principal flowrate C affects the inner circular surface of the rolling cylinder 5,which further indirectly affects the inner circular surface of thecylindrical body 4. The principal flow rate C produced at the bottomportion of the cylindrical body 4 can be regarded as a flowing pressureFC. The flowing pressure FC is restricted by the spatial shape of theinner surface of the bottom portion of the cylindrical body 4, and anupward pressure F1 is produced, from which a diagonal force component F2is obtained. The diagonal force component F2 further functions incoordination with the direction of the principal flow rate C to form aresultant precession force F, as depicted in FIG. 7. The resultantprecession force F thereby affects proximate positions of the innercircular surface of the cylindrical body 4 to enable forming an upwardspiral precession.

The aforementioned blades 31 are driven by a motor 30, and can beimplemented through a single shaft linkage, or coaxial alignment ofseparately joined magnetic elements 311 and 312, with mutual attractionof magnetic forces being used to separate the linkages.

Referring to FIGS. 6-7, the pressure outputted from the water pressuredrive device 3 forms the aforementioned force component F2, and theforce component F2 is affected by the curvature specification of theinner circular surface of the rolling cylinder 5 to form an upwardresultant precession force F. Resistance is produced between the flow ofthe resultant precession force F and the inner circular surface of thecylindrical body 4, at which time this resistance is transformed on thesurface of the free rolling cylinder 5 to form a pressure and viscousforce which drives the rolling cylinder 5.

The cylindrical body 4 and the rolling cylinder 5 are both circularshaped, thus, the pressure at any point on the circumferences thereof isthe same, thereby enabling the working axis of the rolling cylinder 5 tomaintain axial superposition with the cylindrical body 4.

In the present invention, after the rolling cylinder 5 is driven by theresultant precession force F, then an equal relative distance ismaintained between the circular surface of the rolling cylinder 5 andthe inner circular surface of the cylindrical body 4; moreover, there isno mechanical friction between the two surfaces.

Referring to FIG. 8, the resultant precession force F affects thecorresponding surfaces between the cylindrical body 4 and the rollingcylinder 5, thereby forming equal driving forces on the respectivecircumferences. In addition, viscosity of the liquid 10 and equalpressure effect on the surface of the rolling cylinder 5 are used todrive and maintain central rotation of the rolling cylinder 5.

The rolling cylinder 5 used in the present invention can havenon-refractive or refractive ability, and the base 2 can be fitted withLEDs (light-emitting diodes) 60 (as depicted in FIG. 7) facing theinterior of the rolling cylinder 5, thereby providing a backlit effect.The beams of light Bn produced by the LEDs 60 affect the liquid 10 orthe afterglow is projected outside the cylindrical body 4.

The present invention further enables control of the LEDs 60 or thedrive device 3 by means of a modulation circuit 6, for example, a pulselight can be produced by means of a pulse current. Under circumstanceswhereby the frequency of the pulse light produced is extremely low, thenan inching movement of the decorative patterns 51 is produced, creatinga distinct dynamic visual effect. The frequency can be adjusted to lessthan 18 times per second.

The motor 30 installed to the drive device 3 is a direct current motor,and is modulated by means of the modulation circuit 6, thereby enablingchanging output turning speed. If the modulation circuit 6 modulates theoutput power to be in a pulsed state, then the resultant precessionforce F forms waveforms of unequal quantity, and changes in the vectorangles will occur because of the pulses, thereby, under a fixed viewingangle, the decorative patterns 51 on the rolling cylinder 5 are made tonot only rove forward but also form up and down curved drifting paths,thus achieving a richer visual transformational effect.

It is of course to be understood that the embodiments described hereinare merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and that awide variety of modifications thereto may be effected by persons skilledin the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the inventionas set forth in the following claims.

1. A water pressure conveyance dynamic ornament, provided with a simplestructural ornament applied by continuous water flow pressure waves todrive a rolling cylinder that is disposed within the ornament, therebyenabling producing a dynamic visual aesthetic effect, comprising: acylindrical body, which is provided with optical refractioneffectiveness, has a circular cross-section; wherein, a surface of thecylindrical body is provided with decorative scenic patterns; a base, anupper portion of the base is provided with an interface opening toenable a lower end of the cylindrical body to be joined and sealedthereto, thereby fixing the cylindrical body and enabling an interior ofthe cylindrical body to be filled with liquid; a water pressure drivedevice, which is installed in an interior of the base, and the poweroutputted from the drive device evenly affects an inner bottom portionof the cylindrical body; a rolling cylinder having a diameter and heightsmaller than those of the cylindrical body, the rolling cylinder issmaller in volume than that of the cylindrical body but equal in massthereto, the surface of the rolling body is provided with decorativepatterns.
 2. The water pressure conveyance dynamic ornament according toclaim 1, wherein the water pressure drive device is fitted with bladesresiding in a center of the bottom portion of the cylindrical body, aperiphery thereof is provided with cavity specified pressure outletopenings which face the circumference of the bottom portion of thecylindrical body.
 3. The water pressure conveyance dynamic ornamentaccording to claim 1, wherein the water pressure drive device is fittedwith blades driven by a motor which is in coaxially alignment with twoseparately joined magnetic elements which enable separating thelinkages.
 4. The water pressure conveyance dynamic ornament according toclaim 1, wherein the specific gravity of the rolling cylinder is eitherequal to, slightly less or slightly greater that that of the liquid. 5.The water pressure conveyance dynamic ornament according to claim 1,wherein the cylindrical body and the rolling cylinder are of identicalshape, and in which an exterior form of the cylindrical body is at leaststraight tubular shaped.
 6. The water pressure conveyance dynamicornament according to claim 1, wherein the cylindrical body and therolling cylinder are of identical shape, and in which the exterior formof the cylindrical body is at least drum shaped.
 7. The water pressureconveyance dynamic ornament according to claim 1, wherein thecylindrical body and the rolling cylinder are of identical shape, and inwhich the exterior form of the cylindrical body is at least waistdrum-shaped.
 8. The water pressure conveyance dynamic ornament accordingto claim 1, wherein LEDs (light-emitting diodes) are installed in thebottom portion of the cylindrical body, the beams of light produced bythe LEDs face the interior of the cylindrical body.
 9. The waterpressure conveyance dynamic ornament according to claim 1, wherein thewater pressure drive device is fitted to a direct current motor, whichprovides a working power supply through a modulation circuit.
 10. Thewater pressure conveyance dynamic ornament according to claim 8, whereina modulation circuit provides a working power supply to the LEDs. 11.The water pressure conveyance dynamic ornament according to claim 9,wherein the modulation circuit provides a pulse current.
 12. The waterpressure conveyance dynamic ornament according to claim 10, wherein themodulation circuit provides a pulse current.